Tag Archives: Bee Gees doll

Here’s a little snapshot of what I’ve been making, baking, admiring and thinking about lately. Love this concept by Pip at Meet me at Mikes. Pip shared her most recent #takingstock here, and there’s a blank list at the bottom of the post for you to copy on your own blog or Facebook, if you feel inspired. Oh, and if you participate, leave a link in the comments so we can read yours too!

Making: a Barry Gibb doll for my 7-year old Bee Gees fan. I used this Woman’s Day rag doll pattern for the upper body, winged it for the beard, pants and boots, and followed a fab hair tutorial on this Lincraft how-to card (thanks Michelle).Cooking: an Abominable Snowman cake for my 7-year old’s birthday, loosely based on the yeti from Komaneko the Curious cat.Drinking: hot chocolate with fluffy milk – did you know you can make creamy, frothy milk in a coffee plunger (French press)?Reading:Anorak.Wanting: more time in a day. Even 25 hours would be good. Thanks.Looking: at Pinterest before the rest of my family wakes up. A daily ritual!Playing: Pictionary.Deciding: which Country Show to visit this year – Birregurra or Cobden.Wishing: the sun would come out.Enjoying: my girlfriends company. Lady friends rock.Waiting: for Spring.Liking:Maruyama Asami‘s embroideries of people eating, especially this one.Wondering: why there’s a big possum on our fence at 6.30am. He should be asleep.Loving: my boys, all three of them.Pondering: how to balance life and social media. I shared my tips over at Kidspot, along with some other ace bloggers.Considering: having a Garage Sale.Watching: Jarvis Cocker’s 1998 doco series on outsider art environments. So good!Hoping: to have dinner at The Moor’s Head again. Soon.Marveling: at my 10-year old’s cactus and succulent collection.Needing: a proper holiday.Smelling: sweet, vinegary pickled turnips! Here’s Michelle’s fab recipe. Mine turned out bright magenta (see photo) as I doubled the beetroot!Wearing: blue things and these hand-made shoes – so comfy, they’re like slippers.Following:Shit brick fences of Melbourne.Noticing: grey hairs! Yikes!Thinking: about Christmas presents. Only 5 months to go!Feeling: mostly happy, but sometimes sad. Missing my dad.Admiring: my clever husband’s portrait drawings.Sorting: fabric pieces from Amitie.Buying: lovely hand-made goodies from Evie Barrow. Look at the beautiful packaging! I almost didn’t want to unwrap it.Getting: into a jam-making frenzy! Help!Bookmarking: this soup recipe by Simple Provisions, after reading this post about the nutritional powerhouse that is watercress.Disliking: Tony Abbott (Australia’s Prime Minister).Opening: old letters from my lovely Oma in Holland (she died recently, aged 105).Giggling: at my son’s texta vandalism of my husband’s rejected life drawings; especially the elderly nude man, now wearing a mankini and boater hat.Snacking: on Pana chocolate.Coveting: one of Kirsten Perry‘s planters.Helping: my 10-year old as he makes our pancakes.Hearing: my playlist of favourite Australian tracks by Dick Diver, Go-Betweens, Architecture in Helsinki and Eddy Current.